Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information

Collection(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describes

the nature of the information collection and their expected burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

March 17, 1997 [62 FR 12577-12678].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Street, ABC-100; Federal

Aviation Administration; 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC

20591, telephone number (202) 267-9895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Title: Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996.

OMB Control Number: 2120-0607.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Air Carriers gathering data on perspective pilots

and the airmen/pilots applying for positions with the air carriers.

Abstract: Section 502 of the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996,

Public Law 104-264, requires that an air carrier (as defined in 49

U.S.C. 40102(a)(2)), before hiring an individual as a pilot, request

and receive FAA Records, Air Carrier and other records, and National

Driver Register Records concerning that individual. The Administrator

was directed to promulgate standard forms for use by air carriers in

requesting those Pilot Records. Upon receipt of any requested records,

an air carrier Amay use such records only to assess the qualifications

of the individual in deciding whether or not to hire the individual as

a pilot.A (Section 502(f)(11) of the Pilot Records Improvement Act of

1996, Pub. L. 104-264.)

Need: An air carrier may use the FAA forms (numbers TBD) to request

the records of all applicants for the position of pilot. The

information collected on the forms will be used to facilitate search

and retrieval of the requested records. Air carriers then may use the

records to assess the qualifications of the individual in deciding

whether or not to hire the individual as a pilot.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,899 hours.

Addressee: Send comments to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.

Comments are Invited on: whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the Department, including whether the information will have practical

utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility

and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize

the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC on September 4, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-23945 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]

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